--- a/added-alsamixer.patch	
+++ a/added-alsamixer.patch	
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@ 
+diff --git a/src/prefs.c b/src/prefs.c
+index e608d8f..41e421c 100644
+--- a/src/prefs.c
++++ b/src/prefs.c
+@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@ static const gchar *vol_control_commands[] = {
+ 	"gnome-alsamixer",
+ 	"xfce4-mixer",
+ 	"alsamixergui",
++	"alsamixer",
+ 	NULL
+ };
+ 
+@@ -185,7 +186,9 @@ prefs_get_string(const gchar *key, const gchar *def)
+ 	 */
+ 	if (!g_strcmp0(key, "VolumeControlCommand")) {
+ 		const gchar *cmd = find_vol_control_command();
+-		if (cmd)
++		if (cmd == "alsamixer")
++			return g_strdup("xterm -e alsamixer");
++		else if (cmd)
+ 			return g_strdup(cmd);
+ 	}
+ 
--- a/pnmixer.spec	
+++ a/pnmixer.spec	
@@ -11,6 +11,9 @@ Url: https://github.com/nicklan/pnmixer
 Source: %name-%version.tar
 Patch: %name-%version-%release.patch
 
+# https://github.com/nicklan/pnmixer/pull/177
+Patch1: added-alsamixer.patch
+
 BuildRequires(pre): rpm-build-licenses rpm-macros-cmake
 BuildRequires: cmake gettext libalsa-devel libnotify-devel
 %if_without gtk3
@@ -39,6 +42,7 @@ Feel free to try and to give some feedback.
 %prep
 %setup
 %patch -p1
+%patch1 -p1
 
 %build
 %cmake \